Graduate Degree Programs

The Department of Geosciences at The University of Akron offers Masters of Science programs in a number of concentrations including:

Geography/Geographic Information Sciences

Geology

Earth Science

Environmental Geology

Graduate Certificate

Geographic Information Sciences

Environmental Studies

For more information about our programs please see the Graduate Bulletin. As a student considering graduate study you have many different objectives in mind. It may be a desire to broaden your knowledge of the science, qualifying for employment, advancing organizational goals, or continuing towards your education towards a Ph.D. program. Whatever your goals are the Department of Geology and Environmental Science's objective is to help the student make use of their skills in a way suited to them. In doing so the Department offers:

Training applicable to employment in the public, private, and government sectors

Regular lectures from the public and private sector professionals as part of our seminar series

Information about current available jobs in the field circulated though email

Professional development and networking strategies

Encouragement in presenting research findings at professional geosciences meetings

All of this, plus an innovative faculty to further educate you and get involved with in cutting edge research, await you at The University of Akron.